India is endowed with rich hydropower potential to the tune of 148 GW (which would be able to meet a demand of 84 GW at 60 per cent load factor) which makes it one of the most important potential sources to meet the energy security needs of the country.

Globally, the power industry has been the target of an increasing number of cyber-attacks which actually threaten to cripple the sector. Is the Indian power industry capable of handling such intrusive attacks? Or is it in a state of denial?

Sivarama Krishnan, Executive Director IT Risks and Controls, PwC India, speaks on the vulnerabilities that exist in the current IT security layer in power companies and the components of a robust threat-protection system.